No accelerated 20-year hearing decline after occupational noise exposure has ceased: The HUNT study.

Objectives: It has been suggested that noise exposure can accelerate hearing decline after the noise exposure has ceased. We aimed to assess long-term hearing decline in persons with and without prior occupational noise exposure.

Methods: We conducted a population-based longitudinal study in Norway using the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) from 1996 to 1998 (baseline) and from 2017 to 2019 (follow-up).

Occupational noise exposure and tinnitus: the HUNT Study.

Objective: We aimed to assess the association between occupational noise exposure and tinnitus. Further, to assess whether the association depends on hearing status.

Design: In this cross-sectional study, tinnitus (>1 h daily) was regressed on job exposure matrix (JEM)-based or self-reported occupational noise exposure, adjusted for confounders.

Quantitative levels of noise exposure and 20-year hearing decline: findings from a prospective cohort study (the HUNT Study).

Objective: We aimed to assess the association between occupational noise exposure and long-term hearing decline.

Design: This prospective cohort study used linear regression to investigate the association between occupational noise exposure and 20-year hearing decline, adjusted for important confounders.

Study Sample: The Norwegian cohort ( = 4,448) participated in two population-based health studies with pure-tone audiometry; HUNT2 1996-1998 and HUNT4 2017-2019.

Occupation and 20-year hearing decline: findings from The HUNT Study.

Background: Studies show that certain occupations are associated with an increased risk of hearing loss. However, many studies are cross-sectional, and the few longitudinal studies are mostly small or focus on only one occupation.

Aims: We aimed to quantify the long-term hearing decline among workers in different occupations and assess whether the change differs between the occupations.

[Implantation of cardioverter-defibrillators at St Olav’s Hospital 2006–15].

Bakgrunn: Implantasjon av hjertestarter (implantable cardioverter defibrillator, ICD) er etablert behandling hos pasienter med høy risiko for plutselig hjertedød. Studiens formål var å kartlegge pasientkarakteristika, indikasjoner, hyppigheten av ICD-støt, komplikasjoner, reoperasjoner samt endringer over tid i ICD-behandlingen ved St. Olavs hospital.